Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these....
Leviticus 2:25
"The 2019 Elton John biopic Rocketman — featuring an explicit gay sex scene — was financed, in part, by Catholic parishioners' money.
Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported Wednesday that Malta-based investment firm Centurion Global Fund — whose largest investor is the Vatican — funneled €1 million ($1.1 million) into producing the film, which contains "the most explicit gay love scene since Brokeback Mountain in 2005."
The newspaper noted that the money originated from Peter's Pence, the pope's charitable fund for the poor.
The revelation is the latest in a series of startling discoveries involving the Secretariat's use of Catholic donations for speculative investments instead of good works.
In October, Vatican police raided the offices of the Secretariat and the Financial Information Authority (AIF), the Holy See's financial watchdog agency, seeking information into the alleged misappropriation of hundreds of millions of Peter's Pence dollars.
Under Cdl. Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, and his deputy, Abp.
Edgar Peña Parra, the Secretariat directed $200 million from Peter's Pence toward the purchase of a luxury apartment building in the heart of London's exclusive West End, with another $250 million apparently funneled to fraudulent legal firms set up to cover the purchase of the property.
According to a report, the apartments were used by clergy for immoral sexual purposes.
The money used to purchase the London property was originally earmarked as an investment in petrolium supplier Falcon Oil, which operates an oil platform off the coast of Angola.
The Vatican apparently invests in various speculative offshore operations, using Credit Suisse bank, "in whose Swiss and Italian branches the Vatican is paid up to about 77% of the assets managed."
ChurchMilitant
Leviticus 2:25
"The 2019 Elton John biopic Rocketman — featuring an explicit gay sex scene — was financed, in part, by Catholic parishioners' money.
Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported Wednesday that Malta-based investment firm Centurion Global Fund — whose largest investor is the Vatican — funneled €1 million ($1.1 million) into producing the film, which contains "the most explicit gay love scene since Brokeback Mountain in 2005."
The newspaper noted that the money originated from Peter's Pence, the pope's charitable fund for the poor.
The revelation is the latest in a series of startling discoveries involving the Secretariat's use of Catholic donations for speculative investments instead of good works.
In October, Vatican police raided the offices of the Secretariat and the Financial Information Authority (AIF), the Holy See's financial watchdog agency, seeking information into the alleged misappropriation of hundreds of millions of Peter's Pence dollars.
Under Cdl. Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, and his deputy, Abp.
According to a report, the apartments were used by clergy for immoral sexual purposes.
The money used to purchase the London property was originally earmarked as an investment in petrolium supplier Falcon Oil, which operates an oil platform off the coast of Angola.
The Vatican apparently invests in various speculative offshore operations, using Credit Suisse bank, "in whose Swiss and Italian branches the Vatican is paid up to about 77% of the assets managed."
ChurchMilitant